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1. 2006/06/25

   Em

   Jam

   I’ve made rhubarb and strawberry jam this evening.

   What’s your recipe for the rhubarb and ginger jam? I wanted to make some if we get any more rhubarb.

   Please.

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2. 2006/06/25

   alecm

   re: Jam

   I hacked a recipe from my sister, the result is/was as follows:-

   – 880g rhubarb, finely diced

   – 880g (maybe a bit more) sugar; basically we’re talking 1:1 ratio for weight

   – 1 lemon (scale for more) squeezed to juice

   – large chunk peeled ginger, maybe 3 golfballs sized. (scale for more)

   Put the rhubarb in a large bowl in alternate layers with the sugar and lemon juice. Cover and leave overnight, perhaps a little longer.

   Next day:

   – carve off 3/4 golfball of ginger, set aside

   – dice and bruise the remaining ginger root slightly with a weight or rolling pin, then tie it in a piece of muslin to make a bouquet garni-type thing.

   – dice/chop the set-aside ginger into smallish matchhead-sized niblets. I had a garlic chopper to do this for me.

   – Put the rhubarb mixture into a heavy-bottomed pan with the muslin bag and bring to the boil.

   – Once boiling, boil rapidly for 15 minutes. Remove the muslin bag, squeezing out the syrup as you do.

   – Add the niblets and boil for a further 5-10 minutes or until the rhubarb is clear.

   – Test for a set and, when the setting point is reached, take the pan off the heat and skim the surface with a spoon to remove foam.

   – Pot into washed/dried jars, and cover.

   makes 3.5 jars

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3. 2006/06/25

   alecm

   re: Jam

   ps: jam set testing: drizzle a few drops onto a cold/chilled plate.

   blow on it a few times.

   drag a toothpick across it and see it if it pulls a slight skin.

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4. 2006/06/26

   82.68.21.94

   re: Jam

   Thanks.

   My setting test:

   spoon some jam onto a nearby plate. wish that I had chilled plate. go away as jam won’t cool down. two minutes later think … I forgot the jam! test jam by pushing it across the plate. any resistance and crinkling then jam will set.

   I think I have a far more chaotic way of making jam. Still I seem to get good results apart from the occasionally highly variable strawberry.

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